Can someone HELP ME!!!!!!!!

[sweet water]

I Have A Windows Vista Laptop, And I Bought A Face Track Usb M-audio Interface And I Stil Can't Here My Microphone, I Dont Know What To Do, Give Me All The Information You Can About Everything Pleaseeee

[scottdemarko]

What kind of microphone are you using? The simplest explanation without knowing what gear you have is you have a phantom powered mic and you haven't turned on phantom power. Give us a break down of the gear (all of it) and we can better evaluate the situation.

Thanks!

[TimOBrien]

Give Me All The Information You Can About Everything Pleaseeee

So you want us to write a several-hundred-page book?

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My obligatory standard reply-for-newbies that I keep in Wordpad:

First off, immediately get a good beginner recording book (spend $20 before spending hundred$/thousand$) that shows you what you need to get started and how to hook everything up in your studio:
Home Recording for Musicians by Jeff Strong - $15
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764516345/102-9059220-3248917?v=glance&n=283155&amp%3Bn=507846&amp%3Bs=books&v=glance
(Wish I'd had that when I started; would have saved me lots of money and time and grief)
You can also pick up this book in most any Borders or Barnes&Noble in the Music Books section!

Another good one is: Recording Guitar and Bass by Huw Price
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Guitar-Bass-Getting-Record/dp/0879307307/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215734124&sr=1-1
(I got my copy at a place called Half-Price Books for $6!!)

And you can get a FREE subscription to TapeOp magazine at www.tapeop.com

Barnes&Noble or Borders are great places to start --- they have recording books and you can go get a snack or coffee and read them for FREE! Don't pass by a good recording book --- this is a VERY technical hobby and you REALLY want to start a reference library!!!

Good Newbie guides that also explains all the basics and have good tips:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/computermusic?entry=free_beginner_pdfs
http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/

[sweet water]

i have a "audio technica at2020" condensor mic, a "m-audio fast track usb" and a gateway windows vista laptop